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“Penny?” ter poked Penny’s shoulder, but her head moved, resembling a bobbing head dog like the car decoration. “Did she sleeptest night?”
He turned to the back, giving his elder brothers a questioning look. As and Hugo shrugged and shifted their eyes to her.
“Don’t disturb her,” said As. “She’s still probably tired from yesterday’s event.”
Hugo nodded and leaned forward, catching her head before it could hit the window. “Don’t we have pillows here?”
“Since when did we bring pillows to school?” As returned with a bit of sarcasm.
“Should I check her bag?” ter suggested, making his brothers furrow their brows<i>. </i>“What? You have no idea anything can fit her bag. I
“Just hold her head like that, As ignored ter and cast his eyes on Hugo. “We’re almost there, anyway.”
A shallow breath escaped Hugo’s nostrils, but he didn’tin. This was for Penny, and he didn’t mind doing something for his little sister.
Even so, their curiosity about why Penny was so sleepy when she was normally energetic <b>in </b>the morning lingered in their minds.
If only they had known Penny and Charles hade home at around three in the morningst night, they would have understood. ? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.
Shortly after, they reached the school. However, this time, As requested to drop them off at the drop–off point area so Penny could rest some more. He was concerned about the long walk when Penny was obviously not ready for the day.
When they arrived, ter shook her a bit to wake her up.
“Penny, we’re here.
“Hmm?” She rubbed her eyes, still half asleep. When her vision grew a bit clearer, all she saw was the concerned look from her brothers. <b>“</b>Huh?”
“Penny, are you okay? Hugo asked while retrieving his hand. “You nodded off as soon as you sat down <b>in </b>your seat.
<b>“</b>Ah. Hehe. Yes, I’m okay Penny intuitively turned to the window, furrowing her brows as this wasn’t the usual ce the driver dropped them off.
*First Brother is worried you’re not ready for the long walk. So, he requested to be dropped off here since it’s closer to your building. ter exined before she could even ask.
Penny once again turned to her brothers, who were being so attentive for no reason. “Uh… okay?”
Ignoring their misced attentiveness, Penny jumped out of the vehicle and prepared to start
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It didn’t take long for her to realize being dropped off at the main drop–off area wasn’t a good idea. Since the way they wereing from was the closest to her building, her three brothers would be walking with her until she reached building 1.
Penny was about to bolt away from them and get to her building when she caught some students. Her <b>face </b>contorted, catching some of them wearing essories with her face on it!
Some keychains with her face in them were dangling from the zippers of their bags, others on their phones. A few were wearing some subtle hair essories with the name “Penny” around it. She even saw some wearing sashes from Penny’s fan club.
‘What in the horror film is this?”
She thought since the assembly was over and that their first charity event was a sess, the hype would deescte. But from what she was seeing, it wasn’t the case! If anything, it seemed the effect was the opposite.
“Penny-!”
*Good morning, Penny-”
“You’re so cute, Penny-!”
“Oh, my god, it’s Penny!”
Penny ced her hands on either side of her face and tried to hide. Howe some students wanted this poprity? And even dreamed of it? It was embarrassing!
Her brothers, who were walking just a few steps behind her, looked like her personal bodyguards at this point. However, they didn’t mind. Hugo even smiled back at the students. greeting <b>Penny</b>,
Even ter was forced to greet them back, since Penny obviously found her new poprity unpleasant. As, on the other hand, didn’t botherpletely. If Penny wasn’t bothered, why would he?
“Big Brothers, my building is here. I gotta go!” When she was at the building, Penny faced her brothers and <b>smiled </b>brightly. “Bye!”
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She fled faster than a blink of an eye.
“Times like this, I feel like all her fats are just inted skin, ter muttered. “She’s like a balloon. How is she so fast with that size?” 3)
Her brothers nced at him but didn’t add morement on that. Though, Hugo had one thing
to say:
“ter, don’t say that in front of Penny. She might get hurt.” @
And just like that, the brothers who nned to walk her to her ssroom were forced to reroute and head to their respective buildings.
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Hugo and As still walked ter to his building, since it was close to Penny’s. Hugo and As share the same building, and it was still so early. So they weren’t in a hurry.
When they watched ter get into his building, Hugo and As remained quiet.
Their silent journey to their building, however, didn’tst long when a girl suddenly turned up from As’s side.
“A – As!”
The two brothers stopped, turning to the girl who seemed to be around Hugo’s year. They weren’t sure since Hugo and As weren’t particrly interested in girls at the moment.
“Who are you?” As asked emotionlessly.
The girl pressed her lips and suddenly took out something from her back. As and Hugo slowly gazed down at it, only to see a small box in her hands.
“I really admire you for many years now! I practiced making choctes <b>and </b>eventually perfected how to make one. I made these choctes just for you!” the girl was almost yelling her confession, her <b>head </b>cast down. “Please ept this!”
The corner of Hugo’s lips curled up, casting his first brother a meaningful look. However, As’s reaction was still the same.
As neither epted nor rejected the girl. Instead, he took out his phone and scrolled through
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“First brother?” Hugo called, curious. Even the girl slowly peeked up at As, wondering what As was doing.
<i>Why </i>was he on his phone so suddenly<i>? </i><i>Did </i>he think this was a time for study?
As didn’t say anything for a minute before he asked. “What’s your name again?”
“Uh, Merelyn.”
“Merelyn, what?”
“Merelyn Kho.”
“Merelyn Kho,” As repeated and set his attention back on his phone. After another few seconds, he cast her a look and apathetically said. “Sorry, I can’t ept that. You’re not on Penny’s fan club member list.”
Hugo: “.”
The poor girl: “???”
“Good work, though. Enjoy your choctes,” and just like that, As resumed his steps after rejecting his admirer just because she wasn’t a member of Penny’s fan club. 9